Sharp County record., 1887-10-27
TALMAGES SERMON.
An Interesting Discourse on the
Nobility of True Abnegation.
Christ's Amazing Sacrifice for the Sake
of Fallen Humanity-The Poverty OF
Earthly Riches Compared WIN
the Heavenly Reward.


subiect of a recent discourse at the
Brooklvn Tabernacle "The Nobility Oh
True Abnegation," his text beng:
We know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
that tho,eh he was rich, yet for your sakes he
became p0or.-II Corinthians viii'i "
DR., Talmage said: That all the worlds
which on cold winters night make Une
heavens one great glitter are lnhaDitan'-
less is an absurdty. Philosophers ten Us
that MANY of these worlds are too hot or
too cold. or too rarified of atmosphere for
residence; But if not fit for human abode,
thew NAV be fit for beings different from
and superior to ourselves We are told
that the world of Jupiter is changing until
il is almost fit for creatures ike the
human race, and that Mars would do for
the human family, with little change IN
the structure of the respiratory organs.
| Rut that there is a vast world swung
somewhere, vast beyond Imagination,
and that it Is the headquarters of the
universe, and the metropolis of immen'
sity, and has a population in numbers
vast beyond all statistics, and appoint
ments of splendor beyond the capacity
of canvas, or poem, or angel to describe, IS
as certain as the Bible is authentic Per-
haps some of the astronomers with their
| big telescopes have already caught
glimpse of it, not knowing what it is. We
| spell it with six letters, and pronounce it
| Heaven.
That is where Prince Jesus lived nine
teen centuries ago. He was the Kings son,
1t was the old homestead Of eternity, and
| "a old Cod Not n
frost had ever chilled the air. Not tear
had ever rolled down the cheek of one OF
its inhabitants. There had never been in
il a headache, or a sideache, or a heart
ache, There had never been funeral In
the memory of the oldest inhabltant.
There had never in all the land been woven
a black vail, for there had never be any
thing to mourn over. The passage OF
millions of years had not wrinked or
crippled or bedimmed any of its citizens.
All the people there were in state Of
eternal adolescence. What floral and
pomotic richness Gardens of perpetual
bloom and orchards in unending trultage'
Had some spirit from another
world entered and asked: "What is
SIN? what is bereavement what is
sorrow? what is DEATH" the brightest of
the intellgences would have failed to give
definition, though to study the question
there were silence in Heaven for half an
hour. The Prince of whom l spoke had
honors, emoluments, acclamations, such
as no other prince, celestial or terrestrial,
ever enjoyed. As He passed the street.
the inhabitants took off from their brows
garlands of white lilies and threw them in
the way. He never entered any of the
temples without all the worshipers rising
up and bowing in obedience. In all the
professions of the high days He was the
one who evoked the lOudest welcome.
Sometimes on foot, walking in loving talk
with the humblest of the land, but at 9TH
er times He took chariot, and among the
10000 that David spoke of His was the
Gi-5w2test and most flaming; or, as when
John described Him, he took white pal
frey, with what prance of foot, and arcn
of neck, and roll of name, and gleam of
eve, is only dimly suggested in the
! Apocalypse. He was not like 9TH
er princes, waiting for the Father
to die and then take the throne.
When, a few years ago, an artist
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Gallery, representing Emperor William on
the throne and the Crown Prince as hav-
ing one foot on the step of the throne,
Emperor William ordered the picture
changed and said: "Let the Prince keep
his foot off the throne till leave it,"
Already enthroned was the Heavenly
Prince side by side with the Father.
What circle Of dominion! What myr-
| midons of admirers What unen ding
round of glories! All the towers chimed
| the Princes praises. Of all the in
! habitants, from the center of the city on
| over the hills and clear down to the
! beach against the ocean of immensity
rolls its pillows, the Prince was the
acknowledged favorite. No wonder my
text says that
He was rich.
| Set all the diamonds of the earth in one
sceptre, build all the palaces of the earth
in one alhambra, gather all the pearls of
, the sea in one dadem, put all the values
Of the earth in one coin, the aggre.
gate would not express his ahiuence.
Yes, Paul was right. Solomon had
in gold f6S0, 900 and in silver f1,029,'
000,377 But greater than Solomon is
here. Not the millionaire, but the quad.
Millionaire of Heaven. To describe His
celestial surroundings the Bible uses all
colors, gathering them in rainbow over
the throne and setting them as agate in
the temple window, and hosting twelve
of them into wall from striped jasper at
the base to transparent amethyst in the
capstone, while between are green OF
emerald, and snow of pearl, and blue OF
sapphire, and yellow of topaz, and gray
of chrysoprasus, and flame of jacinth. All
the loveliness of landscape in foliage, and
river, and rill, and all enchantment
aquamarine, the sea of glass mingled with
fire as the sun sinks in the Mediterranean.
All the thrill of music, instrumental and
vocal, harps, trumpet, doxologies. There
stood the Prince, surrounded by those
who had under their wings the velocity
of millions Of miles in a second, rich in
love, rich in alteration, rich in power, rich
in worship, rich in holiness, rich as God.
But one day there was a big disaster in
department of Gods universe. A race
falenl A world in ruins Our planet the
scene of catastrophe! A globe swinging
out into darkness, with mountains, and
seas, and islands, an awful centrifugal OF
sin seeming to overpower the beautiful
centripetal of Righteousness, and from il
groan reached Heaven. Such sound
| had never been heard there Plenty OF